Research Article

Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil

Volume: 3 Number: 3 November 21, 2014
  • Renata Wilma Vasconcelos
  • Vanessa Dos Santos Gomes
  • Diego Rodrigues De Lucena
  • Orione Alvares Da Silva
  • Anaonio Cicero Sousa
  • Alexandre Fonseca D'andrea
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Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil

Abstract

Mangrove ecosystems are of great environmental significance, because of their fragility and role in feeding and breeding various animal species. In northeastern Brazil, the disorderly occupation of estuarine areas and the urban sprawl have led to a considerable loss of the original area occupied by mangroves. In the municipality of Cabedelo, State of Paraíba, there are about 4,900 ha of remnant mangrove areas in the estuarine complex of the Paraíba River. However, information about the attributes of mangrove soils at this location is quite scarce. The aim of this study was to quantify the soil organic matter and soil acidity in mangroves located in the estuary of the Paraíba River, State of Paraíba, Brazil, in order to increase the database of soil attributes in this region. The study area is in local influence of the Restinga de Cabedelo National Forest (Flona), an environmental conservation unit of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. For the choice of sampling points, we considered an area that receives direct influence of the eviction of domestic and industrial effluents. The soil of the study area is an “Organossolo Háplico” in Brazilian Soil Classification (Histosol), and was sampled at four point sites: one upstream of the effluent discharge (P1), one in the watercourse receiving effluent water (P2), one downstream of the effluent discharge (P3) and another near Flona (P4), at 0-20 and 20-40 cm, in four replications in time (28/08/2012 in the morning and afternoon, and 21/01/2013 in the morning and afternoon). Potential acidity, pH and soil organic matter (SOM) were determined. No significant differences were detected in the potential acidity of the four collection sites, which ranged from 0.38 to 0.45 cmolc dm-3. Soil pH was greatest at point P4 (7.0) and lowest at point P1 (5.8). The SOM was highest at point P1 (86.4 %) and lowest at P2 (77.9 %). The attributes related to soil acidity were not sensitive to indicate differences in the environments we evaluated, and seem not to indicate the contamination of mangroves by discharge of sewage into water bodies that border these environments. The high organic matter content of soils in the mangrove may have helped avoid significant fluctuations in soil acidity, because of the large buffering capacity.

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Renata Wilma Vasconcelos This is me

Vanessa Dos Santos Gomes This is me

Diego Rodrigues De Lucena This is me

Orione Alvares Da Silva This is me

Anaonio Cicero Sousa This is me

Alexandre Fonseca D'andrea This is me

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November 21, 2014

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November 21, 2014

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Year 2014 Volume: 3 Number: 3

APA
Vasconcelos, R. W., Gomes, V. D. S., Lucena, D. R. D., Silva, O. A. D., Sousa, A. C., & D’andrea, A. F. (2014). Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, 3(3), 157-162. https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.76445
AMA
1.Vasconcelos RW, Gomes VDS, Lucena DRD, Silva OAD, Sousa AC, D’andrea AF. Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. EJSS. 2014;3(3):157-162. doi:10.18393/ejss.76445
Chicago
Vasconcelos, Renata Wilma, Vanessa Dos Santos Gomes, Diego Rodrigues De Lucena, Orione Alvares Da Silva, Anaonio Cicero Sousa, and Alexandre Fonseca D’andrea. 2014. “Soil Organic Matter and Soil Acidity in Mangrove Areas in the River Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil”. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 3 (3): 157-62. https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.76445.
EndNote
Vasconcelos RW, Gomes VDS, Lucena DRD, Silva OAD, Sousa AC, D’andrea AF (September 1, 2014) Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 3 3 157–162.
IEEE
[1]R. W. Vasconcelos, V. D. S. Gomes, D. R. D. Lucena, O. A. D. Silva, A. C. Sousa, and A. F. D’andrea, “Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil”, EJSS, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 157–162, Sept. 2014, doi: 10.18393/ejss.76445.
ISNAD
Vasconcelos, Renata Wilma - Gomes, Vanessa Dos Santos - Lucena, Diego Rodrigues De - Silva, Orione Alvares Da - Sousa, Anaonio Cicero - D’andrea, Alexandre Fonseca. “Soil Organic Matter and Soil Acidity in Mangrove Areas in the River Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil”. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 3/3 (September 1, 2014): 157-162. https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.76445.
JAMA
1.Vasconcelos RW, Gomes VDS, Lucena DRD, Silva OAD, Sousa AC, D’andrea AF. Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. EJSS. 2014;3:157–162.
MLA
Vasconcelos, Renata Wilma, et al. “Soil Organic Matter and Soil Acidity in Mangrove Areas in the River Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil”. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, vol. 3, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 157-62, doi:10.18393/ejss.76445.
Vancouver
1.Renata Wilma Vasconcelos, Vanessa Dos Santos Gomes, Diego Rodrigues De Lucena, Orione Alvares Da Silva, Anaonio Cicero Sousa, Alexandre Fonseca D’andrea. Soil organic matter and soil acidity in Mangrove areas in the river Paraiba Estuary, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. EJSS. 2014 Sep. 1;3(3):157-62. doi:10.18393/ejss.76445

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